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the sidemen Channel yo guys are welcome to the sidemen Channel before side men
would come together and grow a YouTube following of over 5.3 million I'm asking
over seven hundred million views and a clock in over half a million Instagram
followers
before side med would launch their clothing line selling products such as
hoodies t-shirts phone cases track suits and even a onesie
any t-shirts as you see in this so you'll have to copy them you can and as
always if you want to send us a design feel free to do so if you ever do want
to do is I'm then there's the email you can hop in it's always on the Simon
website yeah I stopped and I said design maybe it paid for it before a youtube
original would actually save the sidemen from falling apart
and the thing that saved the sidemen was a youtube originals youtuber youtuber
original save decide man what's going on guys I'm your host Jared Bronstein and
today we're talking about one of YouTube's most powerful groups if not
the most powerful sidemen or is it the Seidman I think it's just Simon either
way this is a pretty crazy video documenting their rise to success
including little BIOS about each of the members be sure to drop us a comment
down below with who you'd like us to cover next maybe even do an individual
before they are famous on each member and hit that subscribe button to never
miss a video now as always we've got a fun little question for you guys to
start us off so today's trivia question is what inspired the sidemen to form in
the first place you guys gotta let me know your answers down below and we'll
have that answer for you at the end of this one
the Seidman is made up of popular youtubers ksi minimun Terp is Zenga
circa taupe gizzle vikkstar123 and Rocha Shah also known as JJ Simon Ethan Josh
Toby Vic and Harry we also can't forget about Jaime also known as Jaime or man
better known now some would say Jaime isn't really a part of the group however
he's been labeled an official member in the past and is even considered one of
the original creators as you could see in this tweet their channel which at the
time of this recording has amassed over 700 million views and a subscriber count
of over 5.3 million was created on June 14 2015 although the group was actually
started back on October 19 2013 formerly known as the ultimate side bin at the
time the group was comprised of everyone but Harry who joined in early 2014 now
it is fair to mentioned before the birth of the ultimate seidman there was the
original 5 as Simon called them which was made up of JJ Simon Josh Ethan and
Toby Josh was friends with Toby exactly like me and JJ were friends then we
started being in a cool together and they bet Ethan in a stream they were
watching him stream one night on Josh's birthday I believe but then Ethan was in
the cool with us so it was us 5 that was like the original 5 now before we talk
about the side man's creation let's give you a quick rundown on each member
starting with ksi ksi also known as JJ was born on June 19th 1993 in Watford
England his younger brother died she is also
youtuber who also goes by the name comedyshortsgamer Mike sent up before
their famous on both of them but in short JJ would quickly grow up following
on YouTube after starting in July of 2009 uploading mostly gameplay of Call
of Duty and FIFA she would eventually grow to become one of the biggest
youtubers who also raps and currently has a fallen of over 20 million
subscribers and over 4.7 billion views on his channel
Minna mentor was born Simon Edward mentor on September 7th 1992 and as a
childhood friend of KS is although they knew each other for a while they
actually hated each other in seventh grade and became friends in the eighth
grade Simon would then start going over to JJ's house helping him record videos
for his YouTube channel which would inspire assignment to create his own
channel which he made on February 17th of 2008 Simon winds start uploading
content to his channel until December 7th of 2012 which is when he would start
uploading footage of him playing Fifa as well as the occasional vlog his channel
currently has over 8 million subscribers and over 2.8 billion views
so I've decided to turn to a boxer's
zhurko was born Josh Bradley on September 4th 1992 and started uploading
content to his channel on December 9 2009 although he would create his
channel on December 5th 2009 Josh would upload mostly Call of Duty gameplay but
also decided to upload content of him playing Fifa and Grand Theft Auto he
currently has a subscriber count of 3.2 million on his channel and has amassed
over 500 million views tope juzo real name Toby Brown was born
on April 8 1993 and actually met and befriended zurko while they were
attending Bexley grammar school although Toby joined YouTube on November
15 2011 and went upload his first video on April 17th 2012 on its main account
Toby's gaming channel Toby so plays was created on March 12 2011 and uploaded
his first video to that channel on March 17 2011 on his gaming channel Toby would
upload mostly FIFA gameplay as well as Call of Duty gameplay toby currently has
over 3.3 million subscribers on his main account and has over 367 million views
his gaming channel also has over 1.1 million subscribers and also has over a
hundred million views guys it's time to head during a commentary with UK cam and
Superman yo we are gonna talk about YouTube and
modern warfare free Ethan pain also known as bazinga was
born on June 20th 1995 he first joined YouTube on February 24th 2012 and as the
last member of the original 5 which we'll get to later in this video
Ethan uploaded his first video on May 5th 2012 which was him drifting in the
game Forza Motorsport 4 shortly after he would start uploading his gameplay a
FIFA 12 than FIFA 13 before jumping to FIFA 14 you get it his channel currently
boasts over 3.1 million subscribers and over 428 million views so how did the
original 5 meet well as previously mentioned JJ and Simon went to school
together and Toby and Josh went to school together a handful of UK
youtubers decided to have a group meet up at Alton Towers amusement park the
group included Toby Josh and JJ which is where Toby and Josh would first meet JJ
Toby would also meet Simon who was filming for JJ when he did his
Teletubbies video with another youtuber by the name of calyx Ethan would be
streaming FIFA 12 on a regular basis when Josh would start watching his
streams and talked to him eventually the two became friends which would lead to
Ethan meeting Toby the three of them would start hanging out and eventually
the original five would come together after Toby and Josh would introduce
Ethan to JJ and Simon although other sources claim JJ Simon Toby and Josh
were all in a voice hangout and watched Ethan's stream together on Josh's 21st
birthday in a QA Ethan explained what really went down so me and Toby and Josh
pretty much just chilled for quite a long time and then I met everyone else
through them so will youwill started going to Skype calls and then I started
and that's like to meet like JJ and Simon now before we go any further guys
I will say if I did mix up any of the names like JJ or Josh or Toby or Ethan -
my apologies I really did try to get all their names right in the correct order
of who met who and when but it's a lot of names seven guys but just a fair
warning I did my best the original five would start to play Grand Theft Auto
together and record their gameplay but the ultimate Simon wouldn't be complete
until their sixth member vikkstar123 would join vikram barn also known as
vick was born on august 2nd 1995 and started uploading his videos to youtube
on june 24th 2010 although he created his account on April 12th of the same
year now it is fair to say Vick met JJ first at game fest and when later meet
JJ Toby and Josh at Eurogamer in 2012 although Vick had been playing call of
duty online with Josh beforehand Vick currently has over 5.6 million
subscribers on his main channel which has amassed over 1.6 billion views he
also runs two other channels with large followings eventually when the original
5 started playing Vick would also be invited to join them although he wasn't
a big FIFA guy he still fit in with the crew the ultimate Simon would then be
officially created on October 19th 2013 not long after in February of 2014 this
7th member of the ultimate sidemen would join wroetoshaw real name Harry
Christopher George Lewis was born on November 24th 1996 and started uploading
FIFA videos to his main channel the same day he created the channel July 26 2012
however Harry did upload previous videos on YouTube to different channels such as
vlogs and him play and instruments Harry currently has over fourteen point
four million subscribers and has mask over four billion views on his
channel Harry wood joined the group after building up quite a following
uploading videos of him playing you guessed it FIFA but he also made a video
doing this now as an honorable mention I will also say rap with JME also known as
Jaime or man better known is believed to be a founding member of the group as
well although he doesn't appear in all of their videos he tends to be in the
play frequently and is considered by many to be the eighth member of the
sidemen he also plays on the side men's football team or soccer as we call it in
Canada and the US when they run their charity matches
he's also been called an official member by other members in the past now the
name Seidman came to be because in Simon's own words he was jayjay Seidman
and Toby was Josh decided it used to be an insult meaning you're not the main
guy or as Simon put it now side man is basically like someone's she just
follows them around so yeah I was basically changes the follower morale
the first year in a few months for the Seidman wasn't their most successful the
group mostly uploaded gameplay at FIFA and GTA and Simon Vik JJ and Josh all
moved into a house together on February 16th 2014 this would be called the
original Seidman house but at first just the Seidman house JJ wood also purchased
the penthouse of the Stratford halo tower and spend his time jumping back
and forth between the two before alternate moving him back into the
Simon's house for good Toby Ethan and Harry also lived in the
Stratford halo tower with ease and moving out at the beginning of 2019 to
get his own house in May of 2016 JJ vixx Simon and Josh would all move into
another house dubbed second Simon house Vik would move out of the house in
November of 2018 after buying his own house followed by Josh and Simon who
would also purchase their own place in January of 2019
not long after JJ would move out of the second Seidman house in March of 2019
and he current lives in a house with Simon that was a little confusing but
everyone lives on their own now except Simon and jayjay who lived together
let's get back to their history although they'd all move in together and create
the Seidman they wouldn't actually make their channel until June 14th of 2015
and wouldn't upload their first video until May 15th of 2016 this is our
official channel created so we can livestream or charity football match on
YouTube live subscribe to this channel so on the
3rd of June you'll be able to watch us play the YouTube all-stars at South
Hamptons Brown 2015 is when the Seidman would first start getting a ton of
recognition especially after JJ's book deal and him being taken more seriously
in the mainstream music scene on top of this the boys would also go to a handful
of gaming conventions together across Europe and even made a trip to the US to
meet some friends in LA the group would continue using its momentum from the
previous year to have another big year in 2016
aside from uploading their first video they would host a charity soccer match
which would be streaming their channel as well as released their book sidemen
the book which would come out on October 18 2016 now within just three days of
being on the shelf the book would sell over 25,000 copies and reach number one
in sales in its first week beaten out the Guinness Book of World Records and
Bruce Springsteen's autobiography born to run of course they would go on a book
tour as well the group would also start their annual event upload which would
take place in 2016 to 2017 before they decided to stop at the event they would
have tons of influencers and youtubers meet-and-greets q and a's it was pretty
much a convention that they put together although it would be considered a
success they would stop hosting the event in 2017 which is when the ksi Joe
Weller fight was officially confirmed but 2017 also had its fair share of
issues JJ would announce that he is leaving the sidemen and this would lead
to a ton of diss tracks between JJ and members of the sidemen and the beef
would actually also include ksi his brother I'm no longer
I will be
going solo I guess however after about a month and a half the beef would be
squashed and a couple months later JD would make a video on his channel
explaining what actually went down basically it was all a joke but after
Ethan dropped the diss track back at JJ he got extremely competitive and
although it was all in good fun you could tell there was like a little bit
of tension in there to regardless it wouldn't be long until the group would
all be back together making tons of content and just a few months later
create their second channel more sidemen which has best of compilations
behind-the-scenes footage of the guys and more this channel would be created
on february 1st 2018 and currently has just under 2 million subscribers at the
time of this recording but by the time you guys see that stuff probably reached
the 2 million mark I mean they grow really fast 2018 would seem to be their
biggest year yet with the group starting their weekly sidemen Sunday segment
which feature an upload from the guys every Sunday well almost every Sunday
but you know every Sunday as well as I'm getting their own show on YouTube
premium this sidemen show the show would premiere on June 18 2018 and would have
a famous guest star alongside the sidemen attempting certain tasks and
challenges the first season included the likes of steve-o Bear Grylls Steve Aoki
and Nicole Scherzinger to name a few the show was received more or less
positively and it's unclear if there will be a second season at this time and
that about does it for this one long video but tons of info to cover really
hope I got everything right and all the facts straight and really hoping to mess
anything up this video took a long time to write you guys got to be sure to
check out the Simon's YouTube channel and before we go I do need to answer
that trivia question what inspired the group to get together in the first place
well it turns out a YouTube group named the crew which consists of Kyra speedy
sidearms for reason and no V epic to name a few JJ spoke about it on a
podcast as you can see here do you know like speedy and them all right so those
youtubers I forgot what that group is called but they had like a little group
and yeah we should just do something similar and if I mispronounce any of
their names from the crew well you know can't go a video without
messing something up alright guys thanks for watching I've been your host cured
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